Summary Of Quotes From 'The Kite Runner'

The expression "riddled with guilt" is a good way to describe the main character's life, Amir, in the book The Kite Runner, written by Khaled Hosseini. The Kite Runner is a story about an Afghan boy, Amir, who has many hardships throughout his life as he grows from a boy living in war-torn Afghanistan, to a successful writer living in America. Amir experiences many events that caused him to carry a great amount of guilt throughout his life. So much guilt that it even turned him into an insomniac. He needed to find a way to make amends which would allow him to forgive himself and hopefully, one day, be able to sleep soundly again.

The love Baba had for Amir guided him to sacrifice everything he had known and created throughout his life. Baba moved to America so Amir would benefit and live a successful life. Afghanistan posed as a threat to Amir due to the cultural changes, and Baba wanted to

In Runner, Robert Newton conveys that Charlie the protagonist is bound to mature early to make completely selfless choices. When his father dies, Charlie is contrived to fill his father’s boots, meaning he had to take up his father’s role of being the financial provider of his family. Additionally, Charlie makes an altruistic choice by running for squizzy Taylor. Lastly, Charlie makes the self-sacrificing decision by gambling his large saving from Squizzy on the Ballarat Mile. In summary, Newton demonstrates that Charlie is forced into adulthood early through necessity and make self-denying decisions due to his family's desperate circumstances.

The idea of self pride and doing what’s right for your family have a large impact our decisions and actions. Amir was in a situation where he could either help his best friend Hassan, or impress his father with a kite. Unfortunately, Amir believed “Hassan was the price {he} had to pay… to win Baba”(77) Amir had a hard time impressing Baba so he took this selfish chance, one that he regretted forever. Later when Rahim Khan, a well trusted family friend, asks him to take Sohrab from the orphanage to the Caldwell’s, Amir’s first decision was “I can’t go to Kabul, I have a wife in America”(226) and is sure because he wants to do what will make his wife happy, go home. However, quickly changing his mind, Amir returns to Rahim and “told him [he] was going to Kabul”(227). Once he realises that just like the day in the alley the reason he doesn’t want to go on this mission is because he is afraid, he returns and does what’s right for his half-brother and late best friend. Baba, just like his son, wants to be respected and show love for his family.

The actions we take and the decisions that people make can influence how they grow and are shaped in the world. the actions people take can affect the people around them and how they interact with each other, and yet the deciciomns one makes do not have to automatically determine wether or nor that person can live a happy successful life. However it is true that some people can remain so thoroughly entrenched in their decicions hat it consumes them and remains in thier lifes from then on. In khaleds hosseinis the kite runner, he uses the three main chracters to show the reader how thgeir actions ultimatly become apart of and influence their life and world.

Quote Analysis “We're here for such a short amount of time. Why do we spend any of it building sandcastles?” This quote is very profound, and holds a message that you can use in everyday life. The main message is that you should always live life to its fullest because you have little time on Earth. This is significant to the story because Duncan doesn’t live his life to the fullest, and it causes Annie to get bored of him and leave.

When Amir and his wife, Soraya, can’t seem to have a child, Amir believes that it is because of his wrongdoings in the past. Right up until Amir is in his 30’s does he confront his mistakes. It takes a call from Rahim Khan to persuade him that there is ‘a way to be good again’ (Pg. 2). Amir knows that he needs to make up to Hassan for the wrong that he did all those years ago, and so by confronting his mistake and trying to redeem himself by rescuing Sohrab, Hassan’s son. Amir’s confrontation with Assef when he is getting back Sohrab made him feel like he was confronting his mistakes and gaining redemption ‘For the first time since the winter of 1975, I felt at peace… In some nook in a corner of my mind, I’d even been looking forward to this.’ (Pg. 265). This is the punishment and redemption that he has been waiting all these years for, because Hassan wouldn’t punish him all those years ago when they were under the pomegranate tree.

At first, Amir does not seek to earn redemption. We know that he is ashamed at what he has done but he prefers to hide his guilt rather than confess and redeem himself right away. After the incident, Amir attempted to avoid Hassan at all costs. Even when Hassan approached him to see if he wanted to go for a walk, like they used to do frequently, Amir refused to go with him and told him to go away (88). He knew that he didn't deserve his friends unwavering love and loyalty.

This is quote is amir debating with himself if he should help haasan since hassan always helped him when he was in need. After this event happened, it changed amir and hassan whole life. Amir was a boy and didn't know how to deal with it.

Chapter 1: Jordan (a 12 year old boy), Tachelle (Jordan’s younger sister), and their Mom are moving to a white, upper class area. If he moves he will get himself in trouble from Cobra gang leader, King. Jordan joined the Cobras, so he could pay for airfare to live with his father, since his mother won’t give the money to him. Jordan’s parents are divorced because of Mom and Daddy’s arguments about Daddy’s easy money schemes. Being in the Cobras gives Jordan the respect he deserves, which he doesn’t get from his mother. Every Cobra member must be strapped, so the Jordan is going to buy a gun because King had directed him too and by doing whatever King wants him to do will earn him the money he needs sooner.

Amir had great influences on him as a child; Baba was a brave person, generous to everyone, and should’ve influenced Amir to be the same. On the contrary, Amir was selfish and chose not to stand up for his friend, even when the situation desperately needs it. This is not because of how he grew up, of his environment. Amir’s genetics made him to be fearful and mean, as shown throughout the book. “I knew I was being cruel, like when I’d taunt him if he didn’t know some big word. But there was something fascinating - albeit in a sick way - about teasing Hassan.” (Hosseini 54). Even though Amir had great influences growing up, Hassan took the brunt of his attacks and neglect. Near the beginning of the book, Hassan is raped in the alleys running a kite for Amir. Going after Hassan, Amir finds Hassan while this is going on but does not stop the rapist or stand up for his friend. Instead, Amir ran away and proceeded to abandon Hassan emotionally after the event. Baba was a brave man and would’ve stood up for Hassan, regardless of the danger to him, but Amir was not influenced nearly as much by his positive environment rather than his negative cowardice, or

One character that interests me is Aysha, or Ash, later on in the novel. What interests me about her character is her determination and her bravery, and her knowledge about healing plants. She really wanted to become a map maker, but due to the fact that she was female, she wasn't allowed to by race rules. Yet only a few days later, she was found onboard, with cut hair and boys’ clothing, by two of Zain’s crew.

In the beginning Hassan and Amir were the best of friends. The boys would often play games together. They would shoot rocks in a sling shot at the neighbor’s dog just for fun. They would get into all kinds of mischief together. Before the tournament they had a plan to beat Baba record of cutting kites by working together in teamwork. Then after the competition when Hassan went to run the kite down for Amir he was cornered by assef and his friends ordering Hassan to hand him the kite, then they would leave him alone. When Hassan refused to give assef the kite he raped him. During that event Amir was standing there watching them do that to Hassan. They he decided to run away, not even bother to defend the one person who has been there his entire

The human body is built to attack infections, cuts, bruises, or bacterial cells as a way to repair the damages caused. The human mind will not repair the damages by itself; it usually needs an outside source to heal. One outside source that could heal a mind is the act of forgiveness. It can put a guilty conscience at peace. In the novel, The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, Amir’s body could fix itself after the physical injuries Assef caused, but his mind took years to heal from guilt, if it ever did. Amir wished for his absolution, but it took decades to find it. “...it’s wrong what they say about the past, I’ve learned, about how you can bury it. Because the past claws its way out...I have been peeking into that deserted alley for the last twenty-six years” (1). Amir mishandled finding forgiveness in his childhood by treating Hassan and Ali badly, demanding Hassan to throw a pomegranate at him, attempting to remove them from his house, and then as an adult, he found relief by being beaten by Assef and having a sudden realization of tranquility.

When Amir is around people with the same race as him, Pashtuns, he starts to be like them; to treat Hazare's badly. Amir now has the mindset that he can’t treat Hassan like a friend, but instead he can only treat him how others treat him which is poorly. A few of the people who contribute to this racism is Baba and other Pashtuns. This causes Amir to do and say uncivil things such as “Maybe Hassan was the price I had to pay, the lamb I had to slay, to win Baba. Was it a fair price? The answer floated to my conscious mind before I could thwart it: He was just a Hazara, wasn't he?” (Hosseini 140). When Amir says “to win Baba” it shows how their relationship is based off of Amir pleasing him. Amir is also threatened by Hassan and feels the need to compete with him for Baba’s love.. He feels and believes he has to make crucial choices just to get notice from his father. He craves his father's attention, as his father usually never showed the love and affection Amir wanted. He knows he was a coward, however, he has good intentions which came with a horrible sacrifice. Amir just wants his father to be proud and he knew if he told the truth, then Baba would disown him; as usual. When Amir references Hassan as